Federal Skilled Trades

The Federal Skilled Trade Program is an immigration category that allows individuals who are in a Trade to apply for permanent residency in Canada. The eligibility requires, work experience in your designated trade, language ability. To be eligible for this stream you either require an LMIA approved job offer OR have a certificate of qualification from a province.

Eligibility

Work Experience

Applicants are required to have 2 years of work experience in their respective trade. This work experience must have taken place in the last 5 years. Furthermore, the applicant must have been qualified in their trade for the entirety of their work experience.

The work experience must be under one of the NOC groups below

What is a NOC?

• Major Group 72, industrial, electrical and construction trades
• Major Group 73, maintenance and equipment operation trades
• Major Group 82, supervisors and technical jobs in natural resources, agriculture and related production
• Major Group 92, processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and central control operators
• Minor Group 632, chefs and cooks
• Minor Group 633, butchers and bakers

The work experience can from any country and can consist of multiple employments, including self-employment as long as the applicant performed the same occupation over of 2 years with the previous 5 years.

The work experience must for a minimum period of 30 hours per week (1560 hours per year) for a minimum of 2 years.

Part-time experience can also be used as long as the duration is equal to or greater than 1560 hour per weeks and is also the equivalent of 2 years work experience.

Example: A cook has worked 15 hours per week in their occupation over the period of 4 years. This experience would be equal 2 years’ experience at 30 hours per week.